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{{About|the Ontario municipality|the parliamentary constituency in Ireland|Cavan–Monaghan (Dáil constituency)}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Cavan Monaghan
| official_name = Township of Cavan Monaghan
| settlement_type = [[List of township municipalities in Ontario|Township]] ([[List of municipalities in Ontario#Lower-tier municipalities|lower-tier]])
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| image_caption = Municipal office in Cavan
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| subdivision_type1 = [[Provinces and territories of Canada|Province]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Ontario]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[Census divisions of Ontario|County]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Peterborough County|Peterborough]]
| government_type = Township
| leader_title = Mayor
| leader_name = Matthew Graham
| leader_title1 = Fed. riding
| leader_name1 = [[Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes]]
| leader_title2 = Prov. riding
| leader_name2 = [[Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock (provincial electoral district)|Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock]]
| established_title = Settled
| established_date = 1817
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| established_date2 = January 1, 1998
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| population_total = 10016
| population_density_km2 = 32.7
| timezone = [[Eastern Time Zone|EST]]
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| postal_code = L0A 1G0
| area_codes = [[Area codes 705, 249, and 683|705, 249]]
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'''Cavan Monaghan''' (known as '''Cavan-Millbrook-North Monaghan''' until 2007) is a [[township (Canada)|township]] in [[Peterborough County]] in central-eastern [[Ontario]], Canada, {{convert|20|km}} southwest of the city of Peterborough.

==History==
The original townships of Cavan and Monaghan were surveyed by John Deyell in 1817, and were named after [[County Cavan]] and [[County Monaghan]] in [[Ireland]], from which many of its settlers had emigrated. By 1819, there were 244 settlers, and by 1861 the population had risen to 4,901, many of whom were descendants of [[United Empire Loyalists]], veterans of the [[War of 1812]] who had been granted land there, or the original and later settlers from Ireland. After [[Canadian Confederation|Confederation]] in 1867, the population began to drop as many families left for Western Canada.<ref name=histsoc>{{cite web |title=Home page |url=http://www.kawartha.net/~mchs/mchs.htm |publisher=Millbrook and Cavan Historical Society |access-date=2009-05-08 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090513052212/http://www.kawartha.net/~mchs/mchs.htm |archive-date=2009-05-13 }}</ref>

The original Irish settlers were [[Protestants]], and many of them were associated with the [[Orange Institution|Orange Order]]. In the mid-19th century the "Cavan Blazers" were established as a fiercely Protestant vigilante group, who often burned down the farms of Catholic settlers.<ref name=histsoc />

The Township of Cavan and the Village of Millbrook, previously part of [[Durham County, Ontario|Durham County]], became part of Peterborough County in 1974, and were amalgamated, along with North Monaghan, into one township — Cavan-Millbrook-North Monaghan — on January 1, 1998.<ref name=restruct>{{cite web |title=Municipal restructuring activity summary table - Dataset - Ontario Data Catalogue |url=https://data.ontario.ca/dataset/municipal-restructuring-activity-summary-table |website=data.ontario.ca |publisher=Government of Ontario |access-date=1 July 2025}}</ref> In 2007, the township was renamed Cavan Monaghan,<ref>{{cite web|title= By-law Number 2007-19|url= http://www.cmnm.ca/2007%20By-Laws/By-Law%202007-19%20Name%20Change%20By-Law.pdf|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070930065800/http://www.cmnm.ca/2007%20By-Laws/By-Law%202007-19%20Name%20Change%20By-Law.pdf|url-status= dead|archive-date= 2007-09-30|publisher= Corporation of the Township of Cavan Millbrook=North Monaghan|date= 2007-04-02|access-date= 2009-05-08}}</ref> as many thought the older name was too long.

==Communities==
The township of Cavan Monaghan comprises a number of villages and hamlets, including:
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* Carmel, Cavan
* Cedar Valley
* Five Mile Turn
* Fraserville
* Ida
* Millbrook
* Mount Pleasant
* South Monaghan / Centreville (partially)
* Springville
* Tapley
* Bailieboro (partially)
* Cavan Station
* Dranoel
* Fairmount
* Kendry
* Murray Hill
{{Div col end}}

None are incorporated and a couple are relegated to just names on a map as cars made transportation easier and service areas concentrated in fewer nodes.

<gallery widths=200px>
Millbrook ON.JPG|Millbrook
Ida ON.jpg|Ida
</gallery>

===Millbrook===
Millbrook is the township's population centre. The commercial businesses and services (banking, government) are found along King Street and County Road 10. County Road 10 provides Millbrook with convenient connections with [[Ontario Highway 115]] and [[Ontario Highway 401]].

It has been a filming location for several movie productions. ''[[Anne with an E]]'' (a 2017 CBC production), ''[[Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town]]'' (a 2011 CBC production), ''[[The Music Man (2003 film)|The Music Man]]'', ''[[Ice Princess]]'', [[Let It Snow (2019 film)|''Let It Snow'']], [[Feel the Beat (film)|''Feel The Beat'']], ''The Town Christmas Forgot'' and ''[[A History of Violence (film)|A History of Violence]]'' were filmed in the town. In the latter film, Millbrook was depicted as the fictional town of Millbrook, [[Indiana]].

The [[political cartoonist]] [[Sam Hunter (cartoonist)|Sam Hunter]] was born and raised in Millbrook, along with award-winning filmmaker Jared Raab, esteemed Aquatic Science Biologist Dustin Raab with Fisheries and Oceans Canada, and [[Juno Award]] winning singer/songwriter [[Serena Ryder]]. [[Country music]] singer-songwriter [[Jade Eagleson]] was raised in Bailieboro.

==Demographics==
In the [[2021 Canadian census|2021 Census of Population]] conducted by [[Statistics Canada]], Cavan Monaghan had a population of {{val|10016|fmt=commas}} living in {{val|3553|fmt=commas}} of its {{val|3704|fmt=commas}} total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:10016-8829}}|8829|1}} from its 2016 population of {{val|8829|fmt=commas}}. With a land area of {{convert|306.39|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|10016|306.39|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.<ref name=SCref21/>
{{Canada census
|location = Cavan Monaghan
|2021_population=10,016 | 2021_pop_delta=+13.4 | 2021_land_area=306.39 | 2021_pop_density=32.7
|2021_median_age=44.8 | 2021_median_age_m=43.6 | 2021_median_age_f=45.6
|2021_total_pvt_dwell=3,704 |2021_occ_pvt_dwell=3,553 |2021_mean_hh_income=110,000
|2021_geocode=2021A00053515013 | 2021_access_date=2023-10-19
|2016_population=8,829 | 2016_pop_delta=+2.7 | 2016_land_area=306.33 | 2016_pop_density=28.8
|2016_median_age=46.1 | 2016_median_age_m=45.6 | 2016_median_age_f=46.6
|2016_total_pvt_dwell=3,271 | 2016_mean_hh_income=90,957 | 2016_access_date=2019-06-30
|2011_population=8,601 | 2011_pop_delta=-2.6 | 2011_land_area=306.22 | 2011_pop_density=28.1
|2011_median_age= | 2011_median_age_m= | 2011_median_age_f=
|2011_total_pvt_dwell=3,221 | 2011_mean_hh_income= | 2011_access_date=2012-03-09
|2006_population=8,828 | 2006_pop_delta=4.4 | 2006_land_area=306.13 | 2006_pop_density=28.8
|2006_median_age=42.5 | 2006_median_age_m=42.3 | 2006_median_age_f=42.7
|2006_total_pvt_dwell=3,088 | 2006_mean_hh_income=73,654 | 2006_access_date=2012-03-09
|2001_population=8,453 | 2001_pop_delta=2.4 | 2001_land_area=306.13 | 2001_pop_density=27.6
|2001_median_age=39.1 | 2001_median_age_m=38.7 | 2001_median_age_f=39.5
|2001_total_pvt_dwell=2,951 | 2001_mean_hh_income=59,950 | 2001_access_date=2012-03-09
}}

{{Historical populations
|title = Cavan Monaghan historical populations
|type = Canada
|align = none
|cols = 2
|percentages =
|footnote = Population amounts prior to 1998 are total of Cavan TP, Millbrook VL, and North Monaghan TP.
|source = Statistics Canada<ref name="SCref21"/><ref>[[Canada 2001 Census|2001]], [[Canada 2006 Census|2006]]</ref><ref name="cp2011a"/>
| 1976 | {{sum|3,748|898|1099}}
| 1981 | {{sum|3,974|927|1136}}
| 1986 | {{sum|4,435|992|1113}}
| 1991 | {{sum|5,633|1259|1176}}
|[[1996 Canadian census|1996]]| {{sum|5,730|1312|1210}}
|[[2001 Canadian census|2001]]| 8,453
|[[2006 Canadian census|2006]]| 8,828
|[[2011 Canadian census|2011]]| 8,601
|[[2016 Canadian census|2016]]| 8,829
|[[2021 Canadian census|2021]]| 10,016
}}

==Economy==

Cavan is home to Alltech's corn feed facility under the Masterfeeds brand. It was formerly owned by [[Maple Leaf Foods]] which opened a feed facility on [[List of numbered roads in Peterborough County|Peterborough County Road 10]] just north of [[Ontario Highway 115]]. Opened in 1975, the facility was then owned by Maple Leaf Mills, which relocated from the [[Maple Leaf Mills Silos]] in downtown [[Toronto]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Maple Leaf Mills' new $3.5 Million Feed Facility Will Hold Its Grand Opening in September |url=http://images.ourontario.ca/Partners/ClaPL/CLaPL002842929pf_0018.pdf}}</ref>

==Attractions==
[[File:Wutai Shan Main Hall 2.jpg |thumb| The [[Mahavira Hall|Main Hall]] at [[Wutai Shan Buddhist Garden]]]]
[[Peterborough Speedway]] is a 1/3 mile [[short track motor racing|motor racing]] oval which has been in operation since 1967.<ref>{{Cite web|date=March 29, 2016 |title=Peterborough Speedway |url=https://www.mykawartha.com/community-story/6410656-peterborough-speedway/|access-date=July 5, 2021 |website=MyKawartha.com}}</ref> The speedway hosts a weekly Saturday night [[stock car racing]] program from May to October each year including the annual Autumn Colours Classic. The weekend of races takes place during the [[Thanksgiving (Canada)|Thanksgiving]] holiday weekend and is considered one of the most important stock car events in Ontario.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Meeks|first=Tim|date=September 11, 2019|title=Plans for the 27th Autumn Colours Classic hit top speed|work=The Belleville Intelligencer|url=https://www.intelligencer.ca/sports/local-sports/plans-for-the-27th-autumn-colours-classic-hit-top-speed|access-date=July 5, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=September 4, 2013|title=Peterborough Speedway to host Autumn Colours Classic in October|url=https://www.auto123.com/en/news/peterborough-speedway-to-host-autumn-colours-classic-in-october/19575/?folder=industry|access-date=July 5, 2021|website=Auto123.com}}</ref>

[[Wutai Shan Buddhist Garden]] is located on Ski Hill Road in the northwest corner of Cavan Monaghan. Opened in 2019, it is the largest [[Chinese Buddhism|Chinese Buddhist]] site in Canada, covering {{convert|535|acres}}.<ref name=Millbrook2024>{{cite news |last=Graham |first=Karen |title=Wutai Shan Buddhist Garden Welcomes Visitors Once Again |url=https://themillbrooktimes.ca/wutai-shan-buddhist-garden-welcomes-visitors-once-again/ |newspaper=Millbrook Times |date=October 3, 2024 |access-date=September 23, 2025}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[List of townships in Ontario]]
*[[List of correctional facilities in Ontario]] - [[Vehicle registration plates of Ontario|Ontario Licence Plates]] were made at the Millbrook Correctional Centre, 1974-2003

==References==
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name="cp2011a">{{cite web |url=http://www12.statcan.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=3515013&Geo2=CD&Code2=3515&Data=Count&SearchText=Cavan&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=1 |title=Cavan Monaghan census profile |publisher=Statistics Canada |work=[[Canada 2011 Census|2011 Census of Population]] |access-date=2012-03-09 |archive-date=2015-10-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151019052908/http://www12.statcan.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=3515013&Geo2=CD&Code2=3515&Data=Count&SearchText=Cavan&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=1 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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==External links==
{{Commons category}}
*{{official website|http://www.cavanmonaghan.net}}

{{Geographic location
| Centre = Cavan Monaghan
| North = [[Kawartha Lakes]]
| Northeast = [[Selwyn, Ontario|Selwyn]]
| East = [[Peterborough, Ontario|Peterborough]]<br />[[Otonabee–South Monaghan]]
| Southeast = [[Hamilton Township, Ontario|Hamilton Township]]
| South = [[Port Hope, Ontario|Port Hope]]
| Southwest = [[Clarington]]
| West = [[Kawartha Lakes]]
| Northwest =
}}

{{Peterborough County}}
{{Authority control}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cavan Monaghan}}
[[Category:Lower-tier municipalities in Ontario]]
[[Category:Municipalities in Peterborough County]]
[[Category:Township municipalities in Ontario]]

Cavan Monaghan - Revision history

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